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Plan-then-execute features in a large codebase with Claude Code
After about nine months with Claude Code as his main tool, this engineer follows a research, plan, implement routine. He refuses to let the agent write any code until he has annotated and approved a written plan.
- Tool
- Claude Code
- Source
- boristane.com
- Source date
Credit: this use case was shared by boristane.com. Summary written by Kitbox; see the original for full details.
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Our own starter prompt. Fill in the brackets, then paste it into Claude or your agent of choice.
Starter prompt
Before writing any code, research how [FEATURE AREA] works in this repo and write your findings to research.md. Then write a step-by-step implementation plan in plan.md with the files you will touch and the risks. Stop and wait for my comments on the plan before you implement anything.
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